Book-holder.



W. 0. TRAHER. BOOK HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19. 1909.

PatentedMay 24, 1910.

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Ame/vars WWs WILFRED CHARLES TRAI-IER, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BOOK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24., 1910.

Application filed August 19, 1909. Serial No. 513,559.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILFRED C. TRAHER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of London, in the Province of Ontario, in theDominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Book-Holder, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to book-holders, and particularly to book-holdersfor stenographic and other note books, a plate being provided which ispivoted to a cover of a note book, a bent wire with fingers beingpivoted to the plate, and the fingers being adapted to engage and holdthe covers of the book relatively to each other.

In this specification I will describe the referred form of my invention,it being unerstood that the scope of the invention is defined in theappended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the vlews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a note book held in position bymy holder; Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the holder; Fig. 3 is afragmentary view of a cover of a book to which my holder is secured andFig. 1 is a fragmentary view showing the means of securing the wiremember in the elongated bearing or sleeve.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a plate 1 is provided,which has an orifice 2 therein, the plate 1 being thus adapted to bepivoted to the cover 3 of a book by means of a McGrill or other fastenert, which is pushed through an opening in the said cover and through theorifice 2 in the plate 1, the terminals of the fastener being turnedover so that the plate will be pivoted to the cover. The plate 1 has anelongated bearing 5 in which is journaled a terminal 6 of the wiremember 7, the wire member 7 being adapted to rotate relatively to theplate 1 so that it may be disposed substantially in alinement with theplate 1 or at right angles thereto, the plate 1 being adapted to rotaterelatively to the cover 3 of the book so that the plate 1 and the wiremember 7 may be disposed substantially in alinement with each other wellwithin the borders of the cover so that they will not protrude beyondthe edge of the book.

In the wire member 7 are formed two loops 8 and 9, which serve asfingers the loop 8 being disposed near the terminal 6 of the wire memberso that the cover 3 may be clam ed between the loop 8 and the elongatebearing 5, the other terminal 10 of the wire member 7 being bentsubstantially parallel with the loop 9 to serve as an additional fingerso that the other cover 11 of the book may be clamped between the loop 9and the terminal 10 of the wire member 7.

When the holder is not in use, the loops of the. wire member 7 are freedfrom the covers 3 and 11, the wire member 7 is turned on its pivotsothat it is disposed substantially in alinement with the plate 1, theplate 1 being turned on its pivot so that the plate and the wire memberare disposed within the borders of the cover. When it is desired to usethe holder, the plate 1 is turned on its pivot so that the outerterminal of the elongated bearing is disposed far enough beyond the edgeof the cover 3 to permit the wire member 7 to turn in the said bearingwithout the loop 8 contacting with the edge of the cover 3. When thewire member 7 is turned with its loops 8 and 9 substantially at rightangles to the plate 1, the plate 1 is moved inwardly and the cover 3 isthereby clamped between the elongated bearing 5 and the loop 8; theother cover 11 of the book is then inserted between the loop 9 and theterminal 10 of the wire member 7 when it will be found that the covers 3and 11 of the book are held relatively to each other so that the bookwill stand upright and the pages will be exhibited. There is a recess 12around the terminal 6 of the wire member 7, the elongated bearing orsleeve 5 being indented at 13 to engage the said recess 12, by whichmeans the terminal 6 is prevented from slipping from the elongatedbearing or sleeve 5.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a book-holder, a plate adapted to be pivoted to a book, and a wiremember pivoted to the plate, the wire member having fingers adapted forengaging the covers of a book to hold them relatively to each other.

2. In a book-holder, a plate adapted to be attached to the book, and awire member pivoted to the plate on an axis at an angle.

to the middle portion of the wire member,

the Wire member having fingers adapted for engaging the covers of a bookto hold them relatively to each other.

3. In a book-holder, a plate adapted to be attached to a book, the platehaving an elongated bearing, and a wire member j ournaled in thebearing, the body of the wire member being disposed substantially atright angles to the bearing and having fingers which are adapted forengaging the covers of a book to hold them relatively to each other.

4. In a book-holder, a plate adapted to be attached to a book, and aWire member pivoted to the plate, the Wire member having looped portionsfor engaging portions of the book to hold them relatively to each other.

5. A book, a wire member, and means by which the wire member is pivotedto the book, the wire member having looped portions forming fingerswhich are adapted for engaging portions of the book to hold themrelatively to each other.

6. A book, a plate pivoted to the book, and a Wire member having loopedportions forming fingers, which are adapted for engaging portions of thebook to hold them relatively to each other.

7. A book, a wire member, and means by which the Wire member is pivotedto the book, the Wire member having fingers adapted for engagingportions of the book to hold them relatively to each other.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILFRED CHARLES TRAHER.

Witnesses:

M. P. MCDONAGH, JAs. BARRATT.

